History A-Level
The Military Orders
What The Military Orders means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of The Military Orders
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Reference: AQA
The Templars and Hospitallers were highly disciplined and provided a standing army, garrisoning frontier castles and financing military operations.
Topics that use The Military Orders
- 1A The Age of the Crusades, c1071–1204 – The Muslim Counter-Crusade and Crusader states, 1149–1187 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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